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Regular Season - 23• 6 Sept 2026

Portland Timbers 5–4 Minnesota United FC

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Match Recap

Vincent Janssen turned Providence Park into his personal stage on Sunday, completing a hat-trick in the most chaotic Major League Soccer match of the season as the Portland Timbers edged Minnesota United FC 5-4 in a nine-goal riot. Janssen opened in the 11th minute, doubled up in the 26th, and then buried the hat-trick goal just ten minutes into the second half to put Portland back in front after Minnesota had dragged themselves level. The Timbers had actually built a four-goal lead through Ariel Lassiter and Drake Callender also striking in the 20th minute, only for Marcus Caldeira to score twice for the Loons, either side of Anthony Markanich's 37th-minute pull-back, to make it genuinely nervy. Kristoffer Velde's 71st-minute finish eventually sealed it. Portland, who had not beaten Minnesota in their last three meetings, collected three points to reach 28 in the standings. Caldeira's brace and Janssen's third goal, scored in the same frantic ten-minute window between the 50th and 55th minutes, is the sequence you need to see for yourself.

Match Statistics

Portland Timbers
VS
Minnesota United FC
40% Ball Possession 60%
11 Total Shots 17
5 Shots on target 8
4 Shots off target 7
2 Blocked Shots 2
8 Shots inside box 15
3 Shots outside box 2
4 Corner Kicks 3
2 Offsides 0
12 Fouls 18
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
4 Goalkeeper Saves 1
548 Total passes 549
465 Accurate passes 480
18 Free Kicks 12

Lineups

Portland Timbers
Martí Cifuentes 4-3-3
VS
Minnesota United FC
C. Knowles 4-4-2

Substitutes — Portland Timbers

11Antony 6A. Bonetig 21D. Chará 22O. Fernandez 88Andrew Guerra 80J. Ortiz 23Ian Smith 26H. Sulte 2J. Waterman

Substitutes — Minnesota United FC

1A. Smir 5N. Romero 11M. Malone 16A. Jackson 67C. Harvey 18M. Gonzalez 33K. Chandler 8T. Chancalay 25N. Triantis